Christoph Beckermann

Complete Curriculum Vitae

Joined the College of Engineering: 1987 

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1987
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1984
Vordiplom, Mechanical Engineering, University of Hannover, 1981

Special Fields of Knowledge: Thermal and fluid sciences; metallurgy. 

Present Research Interests: Solidification of metal alloys and composites; transport phenomena in multi-phase, multi-component systems; heat and mass transfer in buoyancy driven systems and in porous media. 

Selected Publications:

• Beckermann, C., and Wang, C.Y., "Multi-Phase/-Scale Modeling of Transport Phenomena in Alloy Solidification," in Annual Review of Heat Transfer VI, ed. C.L. Tien, Begell House, New York, NY, Vol. 6, 1995, pp. 115-198.
• Schneider, M.C., Gu, J.P., Beckermann, C., Boettinger, W.J., and Kattner, U.R., "Modeling of Micro- and Macrosegregation and Freckle Formation in Single-Crystal Nickel-Base Superalloy Directional Solidification," Met. and Mat. Transactions A, Vol. 28A, 1997, pp. 1517-1531.
• Li, Q., and Beckermann, C., "Scaling Behavior of Three-Dimensional Dendrites," Physical Review E, Vol. 57, 1998, pp. 3176-3188.
• Beckermann, C., "Modeling of Macrosegregation: Applications and Future Needs," Int. Materials Reviews, Vol. 47, 2002, pp. 243-261.
• Boettinger, W.J., Warren, J.A., Beckermann, C., and Karma, A., "Phase-Field Simulation of Solidification," Annual Review of Materials Research, Vol. 32, 2002, pp. 163-194.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; American Society of Engineering Education; The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society; ASM International; American Society of Mechanical Engineering.